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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Summer 2011 Series - Project 2

Thank you so much for all of your nice comments about my front porch. You chicks are the best! A lot of you were curious about the outdoor fabric I gave you a sneak peak of here. Are you ready to see what I did?

Let's start at the beginning. I have a cushion for my swing that, well, let's just say it's seen better days! It was a pretty sage green but after several years in the sun it was really faded and needed an update.

See what I mean? Yuck!

So I found this fabric at Jo Ann's and knew just what to do.

I just love that fabric!

Okay, now don't judge, please! If you've followed my blog for a while then you know that I don't sew. I wrapped the fabric around the cushion and pinned it in place. But wait! My mom is coming to visit in a few weeks and I'm going to beg ask her to sew the cover and add a zipper so it can be removed for cleaning. So this is just a temporary fix until my seamstress, I mean my mom is here.

It looks really nice on my swing (unless you turn it over and see all the pins!).

Do you like the pillows? They are actually place mats that I turned into pillows. I showed you my first place mat pillow here. They are so easy to make! I found these place mats at Target and just had to have them! They look great with my new swing cushion!

Here is my swing all spiffied up and ready for summer!

I still have some fabric left so I'm going to make a few pillows for the chairs on my patio. Actually my mom is going to make them - ha ha! Love you mom!

I want a swing like that too. The safety pins work better than the velcro I used on my pillows last year. I was in a hurry for my mom's 80th birthday party. Well she's had her 81st birthday and they are still not fixed. Yikes! and I do sew..lol I guess lazy or preoccupied is my reasons.